Alpine compromised in Las Vegas by “experiments” for F1 2024

The team fast-tracked some new components through the manufacturing process and will be running them in both Las Vegas and at the season finale in Abu Dhabi that follows.

The items were not expected to improve the performance of the A523 in Las Vegas.

The team struggled for pace in FP2, with Gasly 15th and his team-mate Esteban Ocon only 16th after a change of chassis following his incident in FP1.

“So far it’s been pretty tricky,” said Gasly….